E-letter: Briefs

The C-Band Alliance (CBA) appointed Peter Pitsch as head of advocacy and government affairs. The CBA is the entity that proposes to implement a safe and efficient clearing and repurposing...

SES Networks will be providing a fully-managed hybrid broadband connectivity service to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a luxury fleet comprising of three custom-built yachts. Representing a first for a luxury...

Phasor, a developer of electronically-steered antenna (ESA) systems partnered with manufacturer Surface Technology International (STI) to produce ESA systems. STI is a specialist contract electronics manufacturer, providing electronics design and manufacturing...

The U.S. Air Force’s second new GPS III satellite has arrived in Florida for launch. According to the release, GPS III is the most powerful and resilient GPS satellite ever put...

Spaceflight will launch 21 spacecraft on a rideshare mission from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) at India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. The launch is scheduled for April 1. Payloads...

Hispasat and Mexican telecommunications company Wibo will offer broadband satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) phone services for the next three years to extend connectivity in Mexico. The companies are working...

Furuno Electric, based in Nishinomiya, Japan, developed GT-88 and GF-8801/02/03/04/05 for users who require Coordinate Universal Time (UTC) time-synchronized signals to meet the new 5G requirements. They provide UTC time-synchronized timing signals (1PPS/10MHz)...

Vector‘s GalacticSky division achieved a major milestone on its path to launch its first software-defined satellite, GSky-1. GSky-1 successfully completed integration at the University of Southern California’s Space Engineering Research Center (SERC)...

Sierra Wireless, a provider of integrated device-to-cloud solutions for Internet of Things (IOT) applications, revealed that its AirLink MG90 High-Performance Multi-Network Vehicle Router is certified and approved for use on the...

Satcube‘s Ku- mobile satellite terminal received the Red Dot Award in product design, communication technology. The product, including its Graphical User Interface (GUI), was designed in close cooperation with Swedish...